Since my last analysis on July 3rd, 2014, there’s been continued funding into the Collaborative Economy market –where the crowd gets what they need from each other. Investors are infatuated in this market as it provides new supply, disrupts incumbents, using faster technology powered by mobile, social, and internet of things, the Phoenix Business Journal did a recent write-up of my keynote at a business conference, highlighting the market changes.

In just 2.5 months there’s been even more money flooding the market. SMB FundingCircle raised a massive $65m round, followed by big rounds to Rockettaxi to aid the disrupted incumbents, and Fiverr raised a $30m found, as they enable crowd-based tasks to be completed on a two sided marketplace. In these past two months, there’s been $241k invested into this growing market.

Recent Funding in the Collaborative Economy

7/16/2014

Funding Circle

$65,000,000

Money

7/16/2014

Shyp

$10,000,000

Services

7/18/2014

Helparound

$600,000

Health

7/26/2014

RocketTaxi

$40,000,000

Transporation

8/8/2014

Thuzio

$6,000,000

Services

8/11/2014

Fiverr

$30,000,000

Services

8/12/2014

RelayRide

$10,000,000

Transporation

9/4/2014

Breather

$6,500,000

Space

9/25/2014

Jimubox

$37,190,000

Money

9/25/2014

FlightCar

$13,500,000

Transporation

9/15/2014

Sidecar

$15,000,000

Transportation

9/19/2014

EatWIth

$8,000,000

Food

SUM

$241,790,000

Analysis: The Last 9 Mos of Funding
Here’s a breakdown of the 2014 Funding from Jan 1st-Sept 20th:

Total Funding Events: 39

Deals per month: 4.3

Average Funding Per Month $301,052,222

Average per Funding Round $69,473,590

Median $10,000,000

Average funding amount without Uber (outlier) $42,084,857

Average funding amount without Uber and Airbnb (outliers) $27,282,973

2014 Sum: $2,709,470,000

Bubble? I’m often asked are we in a bubble? My answer is yes and no. First of all, unlike the first web boom I experienced in late 90s or social media phase, there’s clear revenues being generated from peer to peer commerce. Unfortunately, you can’t sustain this many competitors in each arena –particularly in the transportation space. I recently told CNBC that there’s only room for three playersin each of these markets: “In the end, the market can’t sustain this many car-sharing or ridesharing start-ups—there’s typically going to be room for three—the most convenient, the cheapest experience and a unique experience,”